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package uichallenge;

import javafx.application.Application;

import javafx.application.Platform;

import javafx.event.ActionEvent;

import javafx.event.EventHandler;

import javafx.geometry.Pos;

import javafx.scene.Scene;

import javafx.scene.control.Button;

import javafx.scene.control.Label;

import javafx.scene.control.Menu;

import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar;

import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;

import javafx.scene.control.SeparatorMenuItem;

import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;

import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;

import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;

import javafx.scene.paint.Color;

import javafx.scene.text.Font;

import javafx.scene.text.FontPosture;

import javafx.scene.text.FontWeight;

import javafx.stage.Stage;

/**

*

* @author Peggy Fisher

*/

public class UIChallenge extends Application {

Label message;

@Override

public void start(Stage primaryStage) {

BorderPane root = new BorderPane();

MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar();

menuBar.prefWidthProperty().bind(primaryStage.widthProperty());

root.setTop(menuBar);

// File menu - new, save, print, and exit

Menu fileMenu = new Menu("File");

MenuItem newMenuItem = new MenuItem("New");

MenuItem saveMenuItem = new MenuItem("Save");

MenuItem printMenuItem = new MenuItem("Print");

MenuItem exitMenuItem = new MenuItem("Exit");

exitMenuItem.setOnAction(actionEvent->Platform.exit());

menuBar.getMenus().addAll(fileMenu);

//add the new menuitems to the fileMenu

fileMenu.getItems().addAll(newMenuItem, saveMenuItem,printMenuItem,

new SeparatorMenuItem(), exitMenuItem);

message = new Label("");

Button btn1 = new Button();

Button btn2 = new Button();

Button btn3 = new Button();

btn1.setText("JavaFX");

btn2.setText("Greeting");

btn3.setText("Mystery");

btn1.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {

@Override

public void handle(ActionEvent event) {

message.setText("Welcome to JavaFX!!! ");

message.setFont(Font.font("Verdana", FontWeight.BOLD, 20));

message.setTextFill(Color.FIREBRICK);

}

});

btn2.setOnAction((ActionEvent e)-> {

message.setText("Hello World!");

message.setFont(Font.font("Comic Sans ms", FontWeight.BOLD, 30));

message.setTextFill(Color.DARKSLATEGREY);

});

btn3.setOnAction((ActionEvent e)-> {

message.setText("Have a great day");

message.setFont(Font.font("Jokerman", FontWeight.BOLD, 30));

message.setTextFill(Color.FUCHSIA);

});

root.setCenter(message);

VBox buttons = new VBox();

buttons.setSpacing(10);

buttons.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);

buttons.getChildren().addAll(btn1, btn2, btn3);

root.setLeft(buttons);

root.setTop(menuBar);

Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400, 250);

primaryStage.setTitle("UI Challenge");

primaryStage.setScene(scene);

primaryStage.show();

}

/**

* @param args the command line arguments

*/

public static void main(String[] args) {

launch(args);

}

}

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style.css

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/*

Created on : Apr 15, 2016, 12:55:46 PM

Author : Peggy Fisher

*/

.root {-fx-background-color: DARKGRAY;}

.label {

-fx-font-size: 18px;

-fx-font-weight: bold;

-fx-text-fill: #0E1D33;

}

#messageText {

-fx-fill:WHITE;

-fx-font-weight:bold;

}

.button {

-fx-text-fill:white;

-fx-font-family:"Arial Narrow";

-fx-font-weight:bold;

-fx-background-color:linear-gradient(#61a2b1,#2A5058);

}